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bits.blogs.nytimes.com - 6/9/2009
Do Young Venture Capitalists Have an Advantage?
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The gods of venture capital in the 1990s might no longer be the best at picking new technologies, some limited partners say.
bits.blogs.nytimes.com - 6/5/2009
Venture Capitalists Fight for Carried Interest
— bits.blogs.nytimes.com — Should venture capitalists have to pay more tax on the profits from their investments? You can guess... what the V.C.s say. (more) Venture Capitalists Fight for Carried Interest
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